12-year-old among Albany robbery suspects

3 others ages 14, 15, and 18 also face charges

Tysean Bobo, 18, was one of four youths charged with robberies Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in ALbany.Albany Police photo

ALBANY -- Four Albany youths, including a 12 year old, were arrested Thursday night after a robbery on Dove Street, city police said Friday.

At about 10 p.m., officers responded to Dove and Lancaster streets for reports of a robbery. The victim told officers that while walking down the street, four male suspects approached him, displayed what appeared to be a firearm and ordered him to the ground.

The victim complied and the suspects began to hit him and fled with his phone. Moments after that call, police saw a group of four males who matched the description and stopped them. All four were identified as suspects in the robbery and taken into custody.

Proceeds from the robbery and a BB gun were recovered. Tysean Bobo, 18, of Albany, as well as three boys ages 12, 14 and 15 were charged with two counts of second-degree robbery, police said.

Bobo, the 12 year old and the 15 year old were also charged in connection with two separate robberies two days before, police said. On Tuesday, at about 8:40 p.m., the trio grabbed a wallet and phone from a male victim at Lancaster and Willett streets. During the robbery they displayed what appeared to be a handgun and demanded the victim's property.

About 20 minutes later at Hudson Avenue and Willett Street, they pushed a woman to the ground and took her phone. Bobo, the 12 year old and 15 year old were each charged with three counts of second-degree robbery for their roles in the Tuesday robberies, police said.

Bobo was arraigned in City Court and sent to the Albany County Jail. The three others were arraigned and released.